9 months old!

Samantha is 9 months old today! As you can see, getting the monthly giant panda picture was a bit more challenging. So here is the process. At nine months, she is a super crawler and can easily pull up on things. She can stand for about 30 seconds at a time and has taken a few mini-steps. She has two bottom teeth. And the strange thing is that although she grew into the 3-6 month clothes early, she still can wear them, although the pants are often capris. She is tall and skinny, so nothing stays on her tiny waist. In fact the outfit in these photos is a 0-3 month, although it was large during that phase, so I am not sure what 0-3 month old baby they based it on.

In good news, I have officially scheduled my defense for November 4th. Yep, election day. So hopefully things will turn out well for me and the country.

In sad news, one of my subjects, the elephant who was actually pregnant passed away last night. She had been sick, but nothing that seemed too life threatening. It is a very sad day for Zoo Atlanta and will be strange to defend my data and talk about her. Dottie will be sorely missed.